Car-door construction



Haydn M 9 H9246 W. WENE CAR DOOR CONSTRUCTION 22 1923 2 Shaetsfiheei;

Filed Jan.

w. E. WINE CAR DOOR CONSTRUCTION ile n- 22. 1923 2 Shams-Sheet 2 llfidiil INVENTOR.

: ATTORNEYS.

Patented ar. ll, 192d.

i i E. WINE, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

GAR-DOOR CONSTRUCTION.

Application :filed January 22, 1923. Serial No. 814,189.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. WINE,

Ohio, have invented certain new and useful,

Improvements in Car-Door Constructions; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable .others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to car construction with particular reference to hopper our doors and securing means therefor. Among the objects is to provide improvements in car door supportings mechanisms and improvements in the construction of the car in the.vicinity of the doors. Another more specific object is to provide in combination with a car door having an inclined hopper sheet, a spacing member set out from the .hopper sheet and from the door upon which the door securing mechanism may be located. With such objects and others in view, the invention consists of the formation, combination and arrangement of parts as will be herein described and particularly claimed. In the accompanying drawings which 'show a preferred form of the invention:

Figure 1 is'a fragmentary side elevational view of a portion of a hopper car and the door arrangement thereof, the same being constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention.

Figure 2 is an'end elevational view of the hop er showing also the door supporting mechanism, this figurebeing seen from the direction of the arrow 2 in figure 1.

The car shown in the drawings is of the side dump type, although the invention is applicable to many 'other types of cars, as for example, the twin hopper type and any other type wherein inclined hopper sheets p y are employed. In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates the side of the car to which is hinged an outwardly swinging side dump door 2 by means of hinges 3. An inclined hopper sheet is shown at 4, and at 5 is shown a vertically arranged end hopper sheet which may be attached to the foot of the inclined hopper sheet as by means of rivets 8. A. transversely inclined chute plate is shown at 7. The door 2 18 arranged to close along the outer edge 8 of the chute plate and the outer edge or the sheet 5, and may extend also further up along the edge of the side plate 1. The outer edge of the sheet 5 may be flanged as at 22to form a fiat bearing face for the door. The adjacent edge of the door may also be provided with a vertically arranged stifi'ening member 23 and a horizontal stifi'ening member 24 may extend along the upper outer face of the door. The lower edge of the chute plate may also be supplied with the longitudinal stifiening beam 25.

A main stiffening member 9 extends lengthwise of the door and is riveted thereto by means of rivets 10. This stifiener is shown in the drawings as formed of a structural Z-bar. Attached to the outer end of this Z-bar is an angle iron extension 11 which is secured to the Z-bar by means of rivets 12. This angle iron extends outwardly beyond the end of the hopper discharge opening and beyond the outer face of the hopper end sheet 5, and is arranged for cooperation with a door supporting hook. or lever 13. The angle iron is notched at 27 where the lever 13 engages with it. The 'Zbar 9 is itself shown in the drawings as extending slightly beyond the plane of the hopper end sheet 5, but this is immaterial so long as a suitable door arm is arranged to extend outwardly from the end of the door;

The hook arrangement is of the well known type such as is shown in the Wine Patent No. 1,431,506, issued October 10, 1922, and the detail construction of the hook, the cam and the bracket will therefore not be described.

In many cars Where it is desired to use this type of door-securing hook, the stifiening member, such as the Z-bar 9, is located close to the intersection 14: ofthe plane of the end sheet 5 and that of the inclined hopper sheet 4. This makes it impossible to ap- 1 such hook devices directly to the end sheets of the hoppers without incurring the labor and'expense of cutting 0d the stifiening members and lowering them on the doors. Furthermore, it frequently happens that some limitation of the car construction llld plane of the sheet f is often too flat to permit of placing the hook upon a parallel plane for direct cooperation with the horizontal door arm. 1

The present invention provides a suitable means whereby this type of door supporting mechanism may be applied to any of such cars without the removal of the stiffening members, and furthermore locates the supporting lever at a more accessible point. In order to effect this, a separate bracket 15 is applied to carry the locking mechanism. This bracket is riveted to at least one, and preferably, as shown in the drawings, to both of the sheets 4: and 5. When so attached to both of them, as by means of the rivets 16 and 17, respectively, it constitutes a brace between these parts and better stiffens the two parts and also effectively holds the door locking mechanism in correct relationship with the door. The main portion 18 of this bracket is set at an angle with the line of the door arm 11 and the hook outfit lies in a plane arallel with and against the exposed face 0 this portion of the bracket. This causes the hook to engage the door arm 11 at an acute angle, which is an advantage in assisting to force the door shut and to prevent the hook from creeping off the end of the angle.

The bracket 15 is preferably formed of a bent plate having a portion 19 lying directiy against the outer face of the end sheet 5, and a portion 20 outstanding substantially at right angles therefrom. L The inclined ortion 18 extends on an angular line from the outer end of the outstanding portion 20 to the inclined plane of the sheet 4 where the upper 'end 21 of this bracket is again bent to agree with the sloping tplane o the plate 4. The portion 18 o the bracket is disposed in an intermediate plane to cause the hook to cooperate suitably with the door arm and also to provide the necessary space for the reception of the lock mechanism. The bracket is also so formed as to require the least ractical projection of the door arm beyond t e edge of the door. Liners or washers, such as 26 may be emplo ed on the inner faces of the plates 4 and 5 where the rivets 17 and 21 pass through these sheets for the attachment of the bracket 15. This has been found desirbe readil produced in simple bending dies,

at a sing e blow and without excessive manufacturmg costs. ll have thus described a preferred embodiment of my invention.

Other embodiments are contemplated within the scope of the patent claimswithout departing from the spirit thereof.

What is claimed, is:

1. A railwa car having an inclined hop per sheet and a vertical hopper sheet extending downwardly from the foot thereof, a bracket lying in the exterior angle formed by said sheets and .connected to at least one thereof, a door arranged to lie, when closed, with one edge near the said bracket, and door-supporting means operatively interposed between and cooperating with the said door and the bracket.

2. A railway car having an inclined hopper sheet and a vertical hopper sheet extending downwardly from the foot thereof, a bracket lying beneath the inclined sheet and having a portion arranged upon a plane of inclination greater than that of the said inclined hopper sheet, said bracket being connectedto at least one of said sheets, a door arranged to lie, when closed, with an edge near said bracket, and door-supporting means carried by the bracket.

3. A railway car having an inclined hopper sheet and a vertical hopper sheet ex tendin downwardly; from the foot thereof, a brac et extending between and connected to said sheets, a door arranged to lie, when closed, with one edge near the said bracket,

.an arm secured to and extending outwardly.

from the door, and an arm-engaging hoo pivoted upon the bracket and adapted to support the door in closed position.

4. A railway car having an inclined hopper sheet, a door arran ed to swing transversely of said sheet and to lie when closed with one edge thereof near the foot of said inclined sheet, a door-supporting arm extending outwardly from the door near the foot of the said inclined sheet, a bracket disposed beneath the inclined sheet and-secured thereto, and a lever carried by the bracket and adapted to supportingly engage the said arm.

5. A railway car having an inclined hopper sheet and a door adapted to swing at right angles thereto, said door. having one edge thereof arranged to lie, when in closed position, adjacent the said sheet and having an arm projecting outwardly be 0nd the edge of the door and below the sai inclined hopper sheet, a bracket connected to the said hopper sheet, and a door-su porting hook pivoted upon the bracket, t e same being arranged for cooperation with the said arm.

In testimony whereof I a my signat.

1AM E. WI. 

